Import transactions not recognizing columns

[Eandy11]

Here's my example CSV that I am trying on the demo instance:

Date,Name,Category,Amount
2026-01-28,Walmart,Groceries,-20.00

When I copy this & import it, here's what happens(see attached). What am I doing wrong?
Screencast from 2026-02-12 17-46-49.webm
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[afaneca]

Hi @Eandy11,

MyFin's import feature currently only supports tab-delimited data, not comma-delimited CSV format. When you copy your CSV with commas, the system treats the entire line as a single column because it's looking for tabs (\t) to separate the columns.

You could try the following workaround:

1. Open your CSV data in a spreadsheet application (Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice Calc)
2. Select and copy the data directly from the spreadsheet (not from a text editor)
3. Then paste it into MyFin's import dialog

When you copy from a spreadsheet, it automatically uses tabs as delimiters, which is what MyFin expects.

I will work on making the import function support more formats in the future, but in the meantime the suggested workaround should work for your usecase.

Thanks for reaching out

[kerauno1]

still doesn't work with copying from google sheets or office libre calc. Maybe i'll revisit the app once it has matured more with possibly an import file feature that does a csv. it doesn't pickup the columns in the clipboard. I even just tried copying the column headers into the clipboard and still just populates with 1 column. logged out and logged back in and i get the same results.

[kerauno1]

i've tried several times with copying just 5 lines without the headers and still only get column-0

[kerauno1]

I followed the import instructions and still just 1 column appears when i click next. I verified that the data was in the clipboard by opening a blank text file and pasting the contents in it. All my data appeared in it tab delimited 5 column fields. i'll wait to hear from you on what you think is going on. I've tried these steps about 5 times and am giving up for now. I so wanted this to work and was looking forward to using myfin!

[kerauno1]

We i'll be darn, i got it to import the columns. I had to access the myfin app through a reverse proxy and use myfin.domain.com in order to get it to access the clipboard. It does not copy the clipboard in when using an ip address:port to access myfin .

[afaneca]

@kerauno1 yes, that's expected behavior by today's web broser security standards, as discussed here.

the standard is for the clipboard API (which Myfin relies on) to only be available in "secure contexts", as per official docs (here and here).

[kerauno1]

I'm just glad I figured it out! You have a nice app. Well done! Thank you for the response.